Juniata sentinel and Republican. [volume] (Mifflintown, Juniata County, Pa.) 1873-1955, 1887-11-30
NEWS IN BRIEF.

-EurOpe's population is 337, 900 900.
according TO reports prepared for the
International statistical congress
-Rice-throwing at weddings had IT'S
origin with the Chinese. II IS sym
bolical of the act Of luring the bird Of
ill-omen from the path Of the bride,
to enable her 10 safely pursue her mat
rimOnIal career.
"A Buffalo canary has a miniature
well IN Its cage, with bucket, the
chain Of which reaches to its perch.
When It wants drink 1t draws up the
bucket. much TO the delight Of the
children in the NEG EhbOTlOO1.
"A French hOTtiCultUTist. Count du
Boysson, lnsures the growth Of seeds 50
old as to have doubtful terminating
power by soaking them for thIrty-slX
hours In water containing "A little
guanO or other source OF nitrogen.
The gold mines Of Australia con-
tinue to be very productive. Some OK
them are more than 1900 feet in depth,
and many Will be sunk even lower
than that in the near future. This IS
contrary to the predictions Of old min
ing experts, who said many years ago
that no gold would ever be found IN
Australia at a depth greater than =
hundred feet.
M aU7uIuoaed set Of lr-r--eu -szr5
mains IN East Liverpool, Ohio, IS caus-
-ng considerable worry to the resi-
dents of that city. Tne pipes are
leaky. IN many places broken il two,
and as gas IS flowing through them the
danger Of an explOS on has become
alarmIngly apparent. And the situa-
tiUn is rendered all the more dangerous
10y the fact that the source OF the gas
supply IS mystery.
The saying, You got out Of bed
the wrong foot foremost OF with the
left leg foremost, can be traced back
1900 years, ami originated precisely
where the picture given by Christ OF
the judgment day came from. The
right foot WAS associated In all autig-
uity with good iucE. and Tie left with
bad fortune. fence 10 put the left foot
out Of bed first was bad sign.
1t was Cardinal WUlsey. "as Ae
lay dying, and perhaps looked back
over lis strange liir. beginning at the
time when he WAS "a little school boy,
and a poor mans son. through all his
ambition and his industry, and power
and spleudOT, who said: IF 1 had
| served God as diligently as I have
served tie king, lie would not have
| given me over IN my gray hairs"
Eighteen years ago, when the air
brake was tried, it required eighteen
J seconds to apply It To a tram 1000
feet long. -Four years later the time
was reduced four seconds. Recent ex-
peTiments with the air brake on freight
trains show that il can b" applied to
every Car in a train OF thai length run
ming at the rate OF forty miles an hour,
and that this train can be stopped
within 500 feet, or one-lOurth OF its
own length, and all this without any
| serious Joliing.
The fifteen great American inveu-
tOns Of worldwide adoption are: l .
the cotton GIN; >, the planning machine,
), the grass mower and reaper, 4, the
rotary printing press; =, navigation by
steam; ., the Lst-aiT engine, I, the
sewing machine; ;, the ludla-Tubber
industry; 9, the machine Manufacture
Of hOTsesLOes; 10, the saud-Jids,s for
carving; II tie gauge lathe; y, tho
grain elevator l3, artificial ice-making
on large scale; 4, the electric mag
net and its practical application; i,
the telephone.
"A farmer living near Lewiston,
Ne, who used horse TO run his fodder
cutting machine, was much annoyed at
frequent stOpping7 of the horse power,
particularly a soon as the horse WAS
left alone. lie accordingly watched
the animal which as soon as if thought
| It's master was away, reached over the
! side OF the machine. grabbed the brake
with Its teeth, pulled it over and
| stopped the machine. Tie old horse
/ IL G4iI a have actually frnLaI gs.f q
! when the farmer tied the brake down
and started him on the tTeadmli
J again.
-Macacus monkeys on the island Of
| South BuTmah open oysters with a
! stone. They bring the stone from
! high water mark down to low water,
| selecting such stones as they can easily
grasp. They effect the opening bv
! striking the base Of the upper valve
! until II dislOcates and breaks up. They
| then extract the oyster with the finger
| and thumb, occasionally putting the
! mouth straight to the broken shell.
| The way they have chosen IS the
easiest way 10 open the shell.
The U5e Of kangaroo skins for
leather has come rapidly into fashion
within year OF two, and those AM
mails, which We're once regarded as a
nuisance in Australia, are now priZed
and sought for. PorpOise leather is
| also commodity largely in demand
and man or woman wearing "A costly
pair or shoes cannot well be sure
nowadays, whether the material came
! from the Australian bush, the SOutI
seas, or the back of Texas steer.
"A report based upon an Inspection
! of 1,2l4 factories IN 10 different
bracheS Of work IN Russia states thai
| the hours OF labor there vary from siS
! to twenty, and that n OF two specia
instances wOTkmeu were compelled O
! labor twenty-fOuT hours UuiuteTrUpt
| edly. These differences are purely
arbitrary and not controlled by tie kiud
! Of the WORK. IL the same district IN
! the same sort OF work there is some
times difference OF eleven hours il
/ the amount or work required IN day
IN the different factories.
The Sultan Of Morocco is L1r was
much married; 10 The extent Of some
/ 1,5UU wives. HIS chef instrument fui
maintaining domestic discipline is lOI
wasl "A bicycle. This machine was pre-.
sented to hIm by d French mauufac,
tuTer. Of course his majesty never
! would learn to ude It himself. But rt
had circular track laid out IN his
! courtyard, and whenever any OF hi.
wives were guilty Of misdemeanoTs la
made them go out there and ride tie
wheel. The least offender had to keeg
at it till she had fallen off I've times
while the worst offenders had twenty
! five falls to make. Meantime his ma
jesty would stand by and watch them
with a ghCulsh glee.
1t IS related that in Liverpool, Eng.
J land, an elephant broke out OF hls
stable and burst open the door Of d
small cottage adjoining, squeezed in
and unfastened the cupboard and ate a
dozen pots OF jam, a gallon of picked
! onions, q pound Of meat, loaf, d
! pound OF butter, and a quantity of
| sweets. Having demolished everything
III the provision lIne, lie swallowed some
window plants and then examined some
| ornaments on tie Chimney-niece, laid